FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers responding to social media reports have found no indication that anyone dumped pet carcasses in Fairbanks trash collecting sites.
Troopers investigated after a report on a classified advertisements website said skinned, decapitated remains of house pets were found at waste transfer sites, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (https://bit.ly/1mUXFQZ ) reported.
The Fairbanks North Star Borough operates waste transfer stations around the borough that allow residents to dump garbage into metal bins trucked to the Fairbanks landfill.
One report said an observer claimed to have seen the skinned carcass of a small dog. The report also said a bin at another transfer site contained seven to 10 dogs, cats and ferrets.
That was enough to prompt a trooper to check out the sites. The trooper found carcasses of a wolf and a caribou, said troopers spokeswoman Beth Ipsen, but no domestic animals.
Troopers took no calls from eyewitnesses, Ipsen said, only people relaying the social media report.
The person posting the report of pet carcasses may have seen legally harvested game animals such as fox, ermine or wolves, Ipsen said. The descriptions of the carcasses was consistent with those of trapped animals, she said, in which the head or paws removed.
“At this point, we don’t think there’s any illegal activity,” Ipsen said. Anyone with firsthand information should call, she said.
“Go ahead and give us a call … so we can get to the root of it,” Ipsen said.
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Information from: Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, https://www.newsminer.com
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